“When I was 23 years old, I was kidnapped at knifepoint by a stranger. He raped my and forced me to do several other horrible things. Since that day, I was left feeling fearful and unsafe, even after he pled guilty to the crimes he...
LaWanda Hawkins is a mother whose only child, Reggie was tragically murdered in 1995. Reggie was killed alone at the San Pedro waterfront by what is believed to be random gang violence. Reggie's killers are still free, and his case remains one of 50,000 murders...
On March 1, 2019, 9-year-old Trinity was brutally beaten, tortured, and dumped dead on the side of the road as if she were trash. Trinity’s mother and her mother’s boyfriend, Emiel Lamar Hunt, were charged with her murder. Hunt had a prior record. In 2005,...
No one should have to feel the heartbreaking lingering pain that Barbara Jones and her family feel every day. She painfully divulges, “On March 1, 2019, my 9-year-old granddaughter Trinity was brutally beaten and tortured. Her body was dumped on the side of the road like she...
LOS ANGELES / October 10, 2024 – “Game of Thrones” actress Esme Bianco and numerous victim advocates strongly criticized District Attorney George Gascon today for failing to pursue justice on behalf of women and children victims of sexual assault and gender-based violence, including rape and...
My name is Guillermo Orellana, and on April 24, 2013, my brother, Kevin Orellana, was brutally murdered. He was attacked and stabbed 10 times at his high school in front of many of his friends, and our lives were just shattered. We believed in justice when...
On April 24, 2013, brothers Anthony and Michael Carpio attacked 18-year old Kevin Orellana who was at the handball courts on the campus of Cleveland High School in Reseda. Michael started the fight, but Anthony pulled a knife and stabbed Orellana 10 times in the...
Donna Hill’s son, De'Vaughn, and Lodie Pollard’s son, Michael Pollard, were burned and murdered in the Studio City Music Fire in April 2018. Donna describes, “The man who took my son’s life deliberately set the fire knowing my son was in the building. The murderer blocked...
Defendant Efrem Demery was friends with Michael Pollard and De'Vaughn Carter who were both studio musicians. On April 14, 2018, the defendant had an altercation with Michael and De'Vaughn. The defendant followed them back to the studio, and went across the street to purchase gasoline and...
LOS ANGELES / August 19, 2024 – District Attorney candidate Nathan Hochman today demanded that D.A. George Gascon file gang and gun enhancements against the gang members arrested in the murder of former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor. The suspects implicated in the actor’s killing are...